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YOS 05, 253 (P306773)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 05, 253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306773 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05728 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) sag-ARAD2 a-li2-a-hu-u2-a mu-ni-im | 1 slave named Ali-ahua, |
| 2 | ARAD2 bala-mu-nam-he2 | servant of Balāmu-namhe. |
| 3 | {disz}bala-mu-nam-he2 | Balāmu-namhe, |
| 4 | lugal-a-ni-ir | his master |
| 5 | {disz}ri-ba-tum-sze3 | to Ribatum |
| 6 | nam-bahar2-sze3 | for the granary |
| 7 | gab2-zu-zu-ur2 | |
| 8 | en-nu-ug3 ak-de3# | to act as guard |
| 9 | ba-an-szum2-mu-usz | he gave him. |
| 10 | tukum-bi a-li2-a-hu-u2-[a] | If Ali-ahu'a |
| 11 | u2-gu ba-an-de2 | he smote. |
| 12 | {disz}ri-ba-tum | Ribatum |
| 13 | 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar | 1/2 mina of silver |
| 14 | i3#-la2-e | he shall pay. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | igi ARAD2-{d}nanna | before Warad-Nanna |
| 2 | igi larsa{ki}-na-s,ir | before Larsa-naṣir |
| 3 | igi {d}suen-ma-gir | before Sîn-magir |
| 4 | igi si2-ia-tum | before Siyatum |
| 5 | igi i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | before Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 6 | igi {d}utu-zi-ma-an-szum2 | before Utu-zimānšum |
| 7 | igi a-da-a-a-tum | before Adatum |
| 8 | kiszib3 lu2 inim-ma-bi-mesz | under seal of the witnesses; |
| 9 | iti sig4-a u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam | The month of Simanu, the day 16 |
| 10 | mu ga2-nun-mah e2 {d}nanna-sze3 u3 e2-kalam-ta-ni2-gur3-ru e2 {d}inanna zabala2{ki} ba-du3 | year: “Ga-nunmaḫ for the temple of Nanna and E-kalam-tani-gurru, temple of Inanna of Zabalam, were erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-szubur | For Ninšubur |
Sources & licences
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